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Electrical issue
Written by cameron19444 on 10/27/2008 at 01:32 pm

I've been back out to try again, but now I get nothing with the
ignition switch on. Can this be a bad starter relay?

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "cameron19444" <cameronsmi@...> wrote:
>
> It has returned!
>
> Went to start it this morning and the instrument panel lights were
> all lit. Hit the starter and heard a click and then nothing. No
> lights, nothing. I had replaced the battery when the problem first
> appeared, and put the battery tender on it. The green light was
> flashing within a few minutes, indicating 80+% charge, so the
battery
> is not the issue. Checked all the main fuse again and it was
okay.
> Turned on the switch again and the instrument panel lights came
back
> on. Tried the starter again and it shut down again. Ignition
switch
> of and on several times, but no instrument panel lights.
>
> Every once in a while, the lights will come on with the switch - as
> if there's some sort of timer or reset that is occurring - but then
I
> hear a single click from the starter relay and nothing.
>
> Anyone else having this issue?
>
> PS I had noticed a week or so ago, that when I parked the bike and
> turned the handlebars to the left, that I'd get a flicker from the
> headlight. Turning the handlebars back and forth, I could make it
> happen consistently until I found the headlight wires that seemed
to
> be causing the problem. I wire tied them to another group of
wires,
> and the light flicker disappeared, but I don't know if this could
> somehow be related to my starter problem.
>
> Cameron
> '97 PC800 "Chariot of Fire"
> '02 Kawa Vulcan 500 LTD with Velorex 700 sidecar
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, dthomas1030@ wrote:
> >
> > Go to Wal mart and buy a new battery . I went thru the same
> problems and
> > tried new batteries and cleaned the terminals , and still did not
> feel safe to
> > venture out on a long trip . If you do end up with battery
trouble
> on the road
> > there is always a Wal mart close by , but not always a motor
cycle
> supply
> > store .Think about it.Have some great fall rides ,David P C 90
> >
> >
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